02178cam a22002534a 4500008004100000020001500041020001800056040000800074050002300082245045300105260005700558300001100615505001700626520096200643650004201605650004101647650003701688650004301725700002601768700002201794710003501816710003701851710003601888110617s2011    dcu      b    000 0 eng c  a0309163072  a9780309163071  aSDU00aLC146.6bH638 201110aHigh school dropout, graduation, and completion rates :bbetter data, better measures, better decisions /cCommittee for Improved Measurement of High School Dropout and Completion Rates: Expert Guidance on Next Steps for Research and Policy Workshop ; Robert M. Hauser and Judith Anderson Koenig, editors ; Center for Education, Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education ; National Research Council and National Academy of Education.  aWashington, D.C. :bNational Academies Press,c2011.  a140 p.0 aHKBU Library  aHigh school graduation and dropout rates have long been used as indicators of educational system productivity and effectiveness and of social and economic well being. While determining these rates may seem like a straightforward task, their calculation is in fact quite complicated. How does one count a student who leaves a regular high school but later completes a GED? How does one count a student who spends most of his/her high school years at one school and then transfers to another? If the student graduates, which school should receive credit? If the student drops out, which school should take responsibility?  This book addresses these issues and to examine (1) the strengths, limitations, accuracy, and utility of the available dropout and completion measures; (2) the state of the art with respect to longitudinal data systems; and (3) ways that dropout and completion rates can be used to improve policy and practice.--Publisher's description. 0aHigh school graduateszUnited States. 0aHigh school dropoutszUnited States. 0aDropout behavior, Prediction of. 0aEducational indicatorszUnited States.1 aHauser, Robert Mason.1 aKoenig, Judith A.2 aNational Academy of Education.2 aNational Research Council (U.S.)2 aNational Academies Press (U.S.)